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2023 Most Popular Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

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$64,120 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Administration Graduate Certificate School for You

Public Administration is the #59 most popular major in the country with 16,905 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 10 schools in the New England Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Public Administration program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for public admin majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Our analysis found Southern New Hampshire University to be the most popular school for public administration students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the New England Region . Located in the suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

About 27% of the students majoring in public admin at the school are women while 73% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. UCONN is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs.

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#3

Norwich University

Northfield, VT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Norwich University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the distant town of Northfield, Norwich is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Massachusetts - Lowell helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public administration schools in the New England Region . UMass Lowell is a large public school located in the suburb of Lowell.

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#5

Framingham State University

Framingham, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Framingham State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Framingham State is a small public school located in the city of Framingham.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Roger Williams University is a great place for public administration students working on their graduate certificate. RWU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Bristol.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Maine. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the city of Portland, University of Southern Maine is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Out of the 10 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth landed the # 5 spot on the list. UMass Dartmouth is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of North Dartmouth.

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#5

Fitchburg State University

Fitchburg, MA

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Fitchburg State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public administration schools in the New England Region . Located in the suburb of Fitchburg, Fitchburg State is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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University of New Haven

West Haven, CT

Out of the 10 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Haven landed the # 5 spot on the list. University of New Haven is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of West Haven.

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Best Public Administration Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 510
Connecticut 135
New Hampshire 61
Maine 16
Rhode Island 55
Vermont 40

One of 5 majors within the area of study, public administration has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Social Work 58,326
Human Services 13,238
Public Policy 6,430
Community Organization & Advocacy 3,096
Other Public Administration 588

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 10 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to The Official CTBTO Photostream.

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